2015 Event Swiss criminal investigators charge FIFA President Sepp Blatter with suspected fraud; 14 FIFA officials have already been arrested in the corruption scandal, but Blatter has stated that he has no knowledge of or involvement in wrongdoing 2015 Event Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi gains parliamentary approval for his proposed reforms to fight corruption and reduce government spending; the measures include eliminating certain government positions and reexamining closed corruption cases 2015 Event Barack Obama becomes the first U.S. president to address the African Union, which includes 54 nations as members; the president emphasized the importance of growing economies, reducing corruption, increasing education, and instituting democracy 2015 Event Jeffrey Webb pleads not guilty to bribery charges in the FIFA corruption case brought against 14 former officials; Webb is the first to be extradited to the U.S. to face the charges 2015 Event Seth Blatter, president of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), resigns five days after his re-election to a fifth term; several FIFA officials were recently arrested in a corruption scandal, but Blatter has not been charged 2015 Event The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has banned 11 people after an ethics investigation; the banned officials have recently or previously been indicted for corruption by the U.S. Justice Department 2015 Event Ehud Olmert, former prime minister of Israel, is sentenced to eight months in prison after new evidence emerges proving corruption charges for which he had been acquitted three years ago 2014 Event Zhou Yongkang, China's former security chief, has been arrested on corruption charges and ousted from the Communist Party; Zhou is the highest-ranking official to be arrested in Chinese leader Xi Jinxing's campaign to reduce government corruption 2014 Event Somalia and North Korea tie for the most corrupt country in the world according to this year's ranking on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2014 Event Former Haitian leader Jean Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier dies of a heart attack at age 63; known for an oppressive regime, he fled the country in 1986 but returned in 2011, pleading not guilty to charges of corruption and human rights violations 2014 Event Ray Nagin, the mayor of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, is found guilty of bribery and corruption charges; Nagin has been sentenced to 10 years in prison 2014 Event Indian athletes are granted permission to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics under their nation's flag; the Indian Olympic Association had been suspended when Indian officials were accused of corruption in 2012 2013 Event A corruption investigation continues after a Cairo criminal court releases former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from Tora prison 2013 Event Following a corruption scandal, the Petr Necas, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, resigns 2012 Event After being convicted of corruption, Jordan's former spy chief, Mohammad al-Dahabi, is sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment 2012 Event Pope Benedict XVI's former butler receives orders from the Vatican to stand trial for his alleged involvement in leading allegations of corruption in the Holy See 2012 Event Former Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. Presidency, John Edwards, is cleared on one count of corruption, with a mistrial declared on the other five counts 2012 Event An internal investigation is launched by Pope Benedict XVI involving leaks of confidential documents that allege corruption, financial mismanagement and power struggles among senior church officials 2011 Event Rod Blagojevich, the former Governor of the State of Illinois, is issued a sentence of 14 years in jail for corruption 2011 Event Suzanne Mubarek, wife of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek, has open heart surgery after having a heart attack brought on by a corruption investigation 2011 Event Former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak and sons, Alaa and Gamal, are detained for 15 days of questioning regarding charges of corruption and abuse of power 2011 Event In Morocco, thousands rally to demand and end to corruption and more civil rights for the Moroccan people 2011 Event China places new controls on text messages sent on mobile phones containing references to democracy, human rights and corruption 2010 Event In one of Spain's biggest corruption trials, 95 people, including two former mayors and a planning chief, appear in court in Malaga 2010 Event South Africa's top police officer, Jackie Selebi, former chief of Interpol, is sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption 2010 Event The trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich begins today; Blagovich faces corruption charges regarding his alleged attempt to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat 2009 Event The 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index reports declares Somalia the most corrupt, New Zealand is least corrupt, among 180 countries 2004 Death Paul Klebnikov, journalist, Forbes writer murdered in Russia after writing about corruption, dies at 41 1987 Event NCAA cancels SMU's entire 1987 football schedule for gross violations of NCAA rules regarding athletic corruption 1984 Event West German Chancellor Rainer Barzel resigns due to corruption 1935 Birthday Elizabeth Drew, journalist, Politics and Money: The Road to Corruption 1925 Event German Postal Minister A Hofle resigns due to corruption 1910 Event Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper acquitted of corruption 1909 Event Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper denies corruption 1871 Event Boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, arrested after New York Times exposed his corruption
